Jolene Sloam

I’ve been sharing easy recipes on this blog since 2011 and over that time I’ve moved through The GAPS Diet, The Keto Diet, a Vegetarian Diet and, most recently, The AIP Diet. On this blog you'll find easy to follow recipes with as few ingredients and steps as possible to create tasty final dishes.

Banana & Sweet Potato Treat

Now that Mr 4 is open to enjoying more and more foods, it’s inspired me to get even more creative with the foods I offer him. With him openly eating more and more vegetables, I’m finding fun ways to incorporate his new favorite flavors into some old favorites – like this little gem I came […]

Former Fussy Eater Update & Fish Poached in Milk

The past week has been somewhat monumental – my once fussy Mr 4 has started eating more and more new foods. Maybe it was the little reward chart we followed a couple of weeks back, or maybe it was following a number of valuable pieces of advice from French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Family […]

5 Raw Sweet Treats

With the first weekend of October Unprocessed approaching, I thought I’d share 5 Raw Sweet Treats for you to enjoy. For me, weekends are usually a time of indulgence and this weekend will be no different. I have a batch of Coconut Crack Bars in the fridge and shortly I’ll be heading back into the […]

Homemade Popcorn

We Love, Love, Love Popcorn in our house. In fact through both my pregnancies I ate bowlful after bowlful of popcorn (through my first pregnancy I think I lived on it!) – so the boys were even enjoying the healthy snack before they were born! I admit that in the past most Popcorn we ate […]

Banana & Coconut Bread

A friend of mine sent me the link to a Banana Cake Recipe which she said was so good that when she made it for a friend of hers, she ate the whole cake before the friend even had a chance to try it!  That was a good enough reason for me to gather together […]

October Unprocessed

October Unprocessed is a challenge initiated by Andrew at Eating Rules. I love the premise of this challenge – to really think about what we’re eating and make changes for the better. Whether it’s for the whole month or a couple of days, and whether it’s 100% unprocessed or mostly unprocessed and with some exceptions […]

How To Get Your Fussy Eater To Try New Foods

It’s no secret that Mr 4 is my fussy eater – he is the inspiration behind me starting this blog, to help other parents of fussy eaters cope and keep their fussy eater nourished. This journey has taken a couple of detours along the way (including me going back to study at University to become […]

Polenta Biscotti

I’ve had a bag of Polenta staring at me from the pantry for a little while, so I decided to look up what interesting dishes I can cook with the ingredient. The first dish I cooked was Polenta Biscotti. This was my first attempt at making Biscotti of any description and I was incredibly happy […]

Prahran Market – Organic Finds

The other day I took the kids for an outing to Prahran Market – a Melbourne Market I visit regularly. I LOVE the Organic Produce available and the kids love the playground. So, it’s an outing with minimum fuss and maximum enjoyment for all. A quick side note – when I first moved to Melbourne […]

Roast Chicken "Convenience" Meal

  When I’m pressed for time my “Convenience” Meal for Mr 2 is to Roast a pack or two of Chicken Drumsticks (Legs) because I know it’s a nutritious meal he will gobble down and there will also be enough leftovers for a couple of days worth of meals. (plus a number of portions I […]